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i'm randi kaye. so glad you're with us. we start this morning with the presidential election just two days away. president obama and mitt romney seem to be squeezing every last frequent flyer mile out of this campaign. they've got a combined 16 stops in eight states before heading home, and we'll be there for all of it. our correspondents are spread across the states to bring you all the up-to-date developments, so be sure to keep it right here. the flurry of activity means it's a close race, right? you could say that? take a look here. it shows likely voters evenly split, 48% to 48%. here's what voters said if they had a favorable impression of the candidates. president obama, 54%, and you see it there, mitt romney, 53%. the last time we saw numbers like this, an incumbent without a sizeable lead was 1992 when george h.w. bush lost to bill clinton. >>> it has been a hairied pace for the correspondents as welt. political correspondent paul steinhauser joins us from his home base in washington. yesterday you were in pennsylv
i'm randi kaye. so glad you're with us. we start this morning with the presidential election just two days away. president obama and mitt romney seem to be squeezing every last frequent flyer mile out of this campaign. they've got a combined 16 stops in eight states before heading home, and we'll be there for all of it. our correspondents are spread across the states to bring you all the up-to-date developments, so be sure to keep it right here. the flurry of activity means it's a close race,...
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i'm randi kaye. thanks so much for starting your morning with us. victor is on assignment. here's five stories we're watching this morning. let's get you caught up on what's happening in the middle east. thousands of israeli troops sparking speculation of a potential ground invasion. the israel defense forces says it's expanding its campaign to stop rocket attacks by palestinian militants. the u.s. and other nations are urging both sides to show restraint. >>> but there were more air strikes and explosions in gaza today and more rockets fired toward israel. >>> in aurora, colorado, details have been finalized for dividing up the $5 million for victims of july's theater shooting. families of the 12 people killed and 5 people who suffered permanent brain damage or paralysis will get 2$220,000 each. six people who spent at least 20 days in the hospital will get $160,000 each. 13 others who spent less time hospitalized will get $35,000 each. >>> in the gulf of mexico, the coast guard is searching for two crew members from an oil platform. an explosion ripped through the platfor
i'm randi kaye. thanks so much for starting your morning with us. victor is on assignment. here's five stories we're watching this morning. let's get you caught up on what's happening in the middle east. thousands of israeli troops sparking speculation of a potential ground invasion. the israel defense forces says it's expanding its campaign to stop rocket attacks by palestinian militants. the u.s. and other nations are urging both sides to show restraint. >>> but there were more air...
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i'm randi kaye. 7:00 on the east coast, 4:00 a.m. on the west. we're learning much more about the end of the line for general petraeus. he stepped down as cia director two days ago after admitting to having an extramarital affair. now we know from a u.s. official that the affair came to light during an investigation into e-mails sent by petraeus's biographer paula broadwell. we also have a better timeline. james clapper was informed tuesday evening. the president was told thursday, hours before his face-to-face meeting with general petraeus. there are still questions about why congressional leaders weren't told until friday. but let's get back to general petraeus. an official tells cnn that james clapper encouraged petraeus to step down after learning of the affair. joining me now is rejeve from "the washington post." good morning to you. do you think general would have step dound if clapper hadn't suggested it? >> good morning, randi. i think pe tratraeus faced withs investigation, faced with officials understanding what has occurred between him
i'm randi kaye. 7:00 on the east coast, 4:00 a.m. on the west. we're learning much more about the end of the line for general petraeus. he stepped down as cia director two days ago after admitting to having an extramarital affair. now we know from a u.s. official that the affair came to light during an investigation into e-mails sent by petraeus's biographer paula broadwell. we also have a better timeline. james clapper was informed tuesday evening. the president was told thursday, hours before...
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all of the water not able to dampen the spirits of people who live there as randi kaye found out first hand. >> if ever this belmar, new jersey, neighborhood needed one, they found one. they call him st. michael. his real name, michael irwin. the last two days, he is boating people two and from their homes, working 12-hour shifts. >> a couple of our neighbors, we got out and their dog, chuck we got out and his dog lucky, and there's a couple other people we have gotten out and other families, make sure they made it to dry land. >> reporter: lucky for his neighbors, michael is a surfer and kayaker, so he had a wet suit, also a boy scout, so he says he's always prepared. this area is known as the eighth avenue neighborhood and the water we're in right now, normally a street, an avenue, about 4 feet deep, so luckily, most of the residents, not all of them, but mote most of them did evacuate before hurricane sandy even hit. irene mccann evacuated to her son's house. but now she's returned, and she needs michael's help to reach her home. >> how much damage is in your home? >> almost to the
all of the water not able to dampen the spirits of people who live there as randi kaye found out first hand. >> if ever this belmar, new jersey, neighborhood needed one, they found one. they call him st. michael. his real name, michael irwin. the last two days, he is boating people two and from their homes, working 12-hour shifts. >> a couple of our neighbors, we got out and their dog, chuck we got out and his dog lucky, and there's a couple other people we have gotten out and other...
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i'm randi kaye. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we start with new details that led to the resignation of general petraeus. a timeline has now come into focus as well as a new investigation that has brought this to light. >> we now know from a u.s. official that it was a complaint from paula broadwell was sending harassing e-mails to another woman close to the cia director that prompted the fbi to investigate. also we know that the investigation led to the discovery of e-mails between broadwell and petraeus that indicated the affair. now, that second woman hasn't been identified, and the official we spoke with didn't know the nature of that woman's relationship with the former director. but more details are. going out about the timeline of events and when u.s. officials were notified of the circumstances of this investigation. a senior u.s. intelligence official tells the cnn that the fbi informed the director of national intelligence james clapper about the investigation on tuesday night, e
i'm randi kaye. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we start with new details that led to the resignation of general petraeus. a timeline has now come into focus as well as a new investigation that has brought this to light. >> we now know from a u.s. official that it was a complaint from paula broadwell was sending harassing e-mails to another woman close to the cia director that prompted the fbi to investigate. also we know that the investigation led to the discovery of...
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here's randi kaye. >> reporter: mike rioux can't go to the grocery store without making a list even for just one item. he can't drive without gripping the steering wheel so hard his knuckles turn white. and he can't stand longer than 30 minutes because of severe back pain. this is mike rioux's life post-afghanistan. >> i need to discover who i am again. i'm not asking for help for the rest of my life. i want to feel like i matter. >> reporter: mike's wife maggie says her husband returned from war a shell of the man he once was. gone was the fun loving, free-spirited laid-back guy he used to be. war, she says, changed him. he still has ringing in the ears from explosions. he also suffers from vertigo, headaches and has terrible anxiety. we saw it firsthand during our interview. mike was so anxious he could hardly sit still. we met at mike rioux's mother's house near phoenix, arizona, where he, his wife and daughter have been living for the last year and a half. maggie and their daughter share a bedroom, and mike sleeps every night on the living room couch. what is it like for you at 51 t
here's randi kaye. >> reporter: mike rioux can't go to the grocery store without making a list even for just one item. he can't drive without gripping the steering wheel so hard his knuckles turn white. and he can't stand longer than 30 minutes because of severe back pain. this is mike rioux's life post-afghanistan. >> i need to discover who i am again. i'm not asking for help for the rest of my life. i want to feel like i matter. >> reporter: mike's wife maggie says her...
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>> all right, randi kaye live in virginia. it could be a long day there. >>> polls just opening in new york, as well. new york not a swing state. but the new york metro area still reeling from superstorm sandy and now everysomeone bracing for a new nor'easter coming their way. so voting has become a pretty big hurdle for people displaced from their homes. new york's governor andrew cuomo trying to remedy that. he signed an order allowing them to vote at any polling place. cnn's alina cho is at a makeshift polling station in brooklyn, new york. good morning, alina. >> john, good morning to you. i'm at the only school in new york city that is serving as both an emergency shelter and a polling station today. the polls are open here in new york. a line has formed around the corner, about a dozen people on line. these are people who are not displaced, but they are very excited to vote. including one woman who even brought a chair. she said she's very serious about it. but you're absolutely right. late yesterday, just hours before t
>> all right, randi kaye live in virginia. it could be a long day there. >>> polls just opening in new york, as well. new york not a swing state. but the new york metro area still reeling from superstorm sandy and now everysomeone bracing for a new nor'easter coming their way. so voting has become a pretty big hurdle for people displaced from their homes. new york's governor andrew cuomo trying to remedy that. he signed an order allowing them to vote at any polling place. cnn's...
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my colleague randi kaye's in woodbridge watching the action there. how it's looking? >> reporter: it's looking busy jim. we are in prince william county. you probably recall that president obama won this county back in '08. we've had a steady stream of voters here. it's about a two-hour wait. -year-old in the day to vote. that's in gone down since then. 2600 registered voters where we are, and they were lined up before dawn, before the doors even opened. what's interesting is the landscape of what's changed here. the political landscape has changed quite a bit. the old virginia versus the new virginia. old virginia is religious, republican, white working class. the new virginia is urban and diverse diverse. right now, virginia's about 30% minority, obama does better with that group than the white working class. we talked to plenty of voters here. what one had to say earlier today. what made you bring out the family today? is this a lesson in election politics? >> i think it was -- it's good for the kids to see mom and dad vote. i think it's more important to stand in
my colleague randi kaye's in woodbridge watching the action there. how it's looking? >> reporter: it's looking busy jim. we are in prince william county. you probably recall that president obama won this county back in '08. we've had a steady stream of voters here. it's about a two-hour wait. -year-old in the day to vote. that's in gone down since then. 2600 registered voters where we are, and they were lined up before dawn, before the doors even opened. what's interesting is the...
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i'm victor blackwell sitting in this morning for randi kaye. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we start this hour in the middle east. there's a bit of hope for a negotiated cease-fire. leaders from egypt and france are trying to mediate. for the past five days israel and hamas have fired rockets and bombed one another, israeli air strikes have taken a heavy toll on gaza and hamas. right now israel is keeping open the possibility of a ground offensive. they've got 30,000 troopons the border with another 75,000 reservists being called up. now, i want to show you something that played out live on israeli television just a short time ago. watch this. what you're called is called an iron dome. this is egypt's defensive zone system. they're tracking down two rockets. at the end, the small puffs there, that's the signals of success that those intercepters headed off those rockets. so far israel says a thousand rockets have been fired. hamas puts it at about 900. the constant threat has those in israel in fear. >> reporter: there's another attack, another rocket alert going on. we've
i'm victor blackwell sitting in this morning for randi kaye. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we start this hour in the middle east. there's a bit of hope for a negotiated cease-fire. leaders from egypt and france are trying to mediate. for the past five days israel and hamas have fired rockets and bombed one another, israeli air strikes have taken a heavy toll on gaza and hamas. right now israel is keeping open the possibility of a ground offensive. they've got 30,000...
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here's randi kaye. >> reporter: mike rioux can't go to the grocery store without making a list even for just one item. he can't drive without gripping the steering wheel so hard his knuckles turn white. and he can't stand longer than 30 minutes because of severe back pain. this is mike rioux's life post-afghanistan. >> i need to discover who i am again. i'm not asking for help for the rest of my life. i want to feel like i matter. >> reporter: mike's wife maggie says her husband returned from war a shell of the man he once was. gone was the fun loving, free-spirited laid-back guy he used to be. war, she says, changed him. he still has ringing in the ears from explosions. he also suffers from vertigo, headaches and has terrible anxiety. we saw it firsthand during our interview. mike was so anxious he could hardly sit still. we met at mike rioux's mother's house near phoenix, arizona, where he, his wife and daughter have been living for the last year and a half. maggie and their daughter share a bedroom, and mike sleeps every night on the living room couch. what is it like for you at 51 t
here's randi kaye. >> reporter: mike rioux can't go to the grocery store without making a list even for just one item. he can't drive without gripping the steering wheel so hard his knuckles turn white. and he can't stand longer than 30 minutes because of severe back pain. this is mike rioux's life post-afghanistan. >> i need to discover who i am again. i'm not asking for help for the rest of my life. i want to feel like i matter. >> reporter: mike's wife maggie says her...
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i'm randi kaye. >> i'm victor blackwell. a beautiful warm day here in the studio. >> it sure is. >> you follow us on twitter. we have been in negotiations over the temperature in the studio. >> i win. >> it's like nairobi in here. it's like 106 degrees. >> i can't help it. i like it like that. >> i'm cloaked in wool. here are some of the stories we are watching this morning. kicking things off, it's a $7 trillion mix of tax hikes and spending cuts that some fear could tip the u.s. back into recession. i'm talking about the fiscal cliff and it goes into effect just 52 days from now, unless a deal can be reached. both president obama and house speaker john boehner say they are willing to negotiate. but tax hikes are a sticking point. president obama will meet with congressional leaders on the issue next week. >>> and in florida, it is all over, but the vote count, as the state tries to finalize its tally of the presidential election. unofficial results are due to the secretary of state by noon today. cnn has yet to project a w
i'm randi kaye. >> i'm victor blackwell. a beautiful warm day here in the studio. >> it sure is. >> you follow us on twitter. we have been in negotiations over the temperature in the studio. >> i win. >> it's like nairobi in here. it's like 106 degrees. >> i can't help it. i like it like that. >> i'm cloaked in wool. here are some of the stories we are watching this morning. kicking things off, it's a $7 trillion mix of tax hikes and spending cuts that...
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randi kaye is joining us from woodbridge, virginia. what have you learned about turnout so far? >> reporter: i just got off with the state electoral board and here's what they told us. they called turnout robust, likely bigger than it was in 2008. they said it's been a huge turnout so far. in some precincts they had to bring in more voting machines. there were a couple of problems, wolf. one is a couple people came in to vote and told that they already had voted. so they were given provisional ballots, but now those vote also be investigated to see if they can be counted. but the biggest problem was in kcovingto covington, where president obama was actually listed as the republican on the electoral ballot, along with mitt romney. so that would be a real problem. so it's unclear how many people voted with the ballot that way. then officials changed the ballot to the paper ballot and listed the president as a democrat. >> hard to believe, this is the united states of america and there are problems like that. that's just one of many problems around the country. it's shocking when y
randi kaye is joining us from woodbridge, virginia. what have you learned about turnout so far? >> reporter: i just got off with the state electoral board and here's what they told us. they called turnout robust, likely bigger than it was in 2008. they said it's been a huge turnout so far. in some precincts they had to bring in more voting machines. there were a couple of problems, wolf. one is a couple people came in to vote and told that they already had voted. so they were given...